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[Reaper90]

I fly here 'cause the Air Force told me in 1992 my eyeballz weren't good enuff. 

Always loved aircraft, specifically WWII birds. Grew up idolizing my uncle who retired from the AF as a bird colonel and flies commercially. Got my pilot's license in 1991 while in college but couldn't pass the eye exam for the AF Acad, so I stupidly gave up thinking it was a medical brick wall. Couldn't afford (or justify) continuing to fly just for fun, so I turned to motorsports, club racing specifically with NASA and SCCA. Like a lot of you guys I'm a history junky, WWII mostly, and stilll retained my love for aircraft and fighters. When I saw the tv ad for AHII on History Channel I had to check it out.... and my life hasn't been the same ever since. Sold the race car a month later.

Fast foward 7 months and I have a hard time keeping track of whether it's day or night, what day it even is, the wife has taken the kids and left me, the bank got the house and cars back, and I'm playing in the attic over my parent's garage while eating ramen noodles and sleeping in a cardboard box.

Just kidding!   

[SPKmes]

Had a game called Il2...got separated and was left with what I was wearing and the kids...so when they go to bed I need something to do.....decided one day to see if there was such a thing as an online flight sim/game....saw 2 weeks free...thought sweet........I got addicted.....I will shoot something down, I will. Didn't happen so I had to pay...got my first kill...woohoo....even more addicted now....then I had my first real fight that lasted more than 3 merges....still got owned<S> Archiaus.....but that bought on a new phase of the addiction.....now,it is all of the above plus the community.....sure we all have our moments but all in all it is a great set of people and when push comes to shove we are all of the same mind set and could sit/lean, drink, and spin some SHawk. The mix of people here reminds me of the forces.....I love it......Good,bad,ugly and gorgeous

PS   I had no clue about aircraft in general ...except that's how you get from one place to another cross country and sea faster..... now I find myself searching and learning about the different type of vehicles and aircraft...looking for their uses, strengths, weaknesses......my kids now have an easy time getting gifts due to my new hobby/interest.......

[SAJ73]

I came across the game by pure coincidence, and got curious enough to download it. That was about two years ago..

I have always had an great interest of WWII, and as a kid I read these comic pockets called Combat. There was alot of dogfighting stories in there, both from WWI & WWII. As a kid I also made cartoon plane drawings that I cut out and glued to my bedroom roof, making it a sky of aerial combat. I even drew tracers across the roof, and some planes that was gone up in flames.. 
That's over 25 years ago now, but I still remember that roof.  Had P51's, P38, corsairs and spits there, and they were fighting 109's and other German planes. Alot of them were unrecognizable as they were just a ball of fire and smoke..  Think I was about 10yrs at that time.

But I kept my great interest of aerial combat, and one of my favourite programs on Discovery Channel was offcourse Dogfights! 

And after I started flying AHII I am literally in heaven!  Its so much more than just a war simulator.. It's is a place to learn about history, make loads of friends and have tons of fun hour after hour. I just love it! 

I am really looking forward to seeing how AHII develops in the future, and I am really excited about the WWI consept. Can't wait to get back in the game again, since I've had a break for a couple of months just now.. But I will be back!!   

P.S. I'm from Norway, so if my grammar is not all correct I am hereby excused!   

[NCLawman]

So, why do you fly/play Aces High?

Because work is not nearly frustrating or aggravating enough.  I play Aces High to make sure I push my blood pressure and mental limits over the edge everyday!   

[Box1]

I am a child of the 1950's, 1950 to be exact.  As I grew up there were only the leftover model airplanes of my older brother, and the green army men, the rest was all imaginaton.  I used to "dream" about playing something like aces high, but of course couldn't conceptualize anything like this.  At age 34 I discovered Air Warrior, and later Aces.  So in essence I am still that 9 year old boy.

[Masherbrum]

I'm here to be blamed for everything, except someone else's stupidity.   The onus for that, is on them.

[Bronk]

Wait there is a game???? I thought this was just a bulletin board.... dang.

[SPKmes]

I'm here to be blamed for everything, except someone else's stupidity.   The onus for that, is on them.

I have to ask... why is it til 2012....Mayan calendar ?? or just because it seemed like a good time frame.

[potsNpans]

I was drawn to it by nostalgia. An era of epic conflict, sacrifice courage and not always triumph. Was not an aerial buff nor military enthusiast,
but it was a roundabout link that reminded me of those that have passed and a few that still remain that I know so I gave it a go. I fly it for a vague sense of adventure and
challenge, but more for a comradeship with those that are here also.  Only has been just short of two years now and I truly enjoy the
time spent in conflict and concord with the characters within AH.
"There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them."

[Latrobe]

So, why do you fly/play Aces High?

The same reason you breath air, it's life! 

[TheBug]

So, why do you fly/play Aces High?

For the Wednesday Babe of the Week.   

[WWhiskey]

because i can't get this desk into my airplane!
because i love all things airplane!
because,,,, on-line, this is as good as it gets!
because i like the history of WW2 , all the different parts of it, from the ground war to the planes in the fight, my mom could always find me at the supermarket with some WW2 book in my lap sitting on the floor reading and looking at the planes and tanks, next to the magazine rack!
 lots of great people in here too, and a few Ole soreheads!
 

[phatzo]

I started AHII through playing warbirds and people there would whine about AH and say It was full of ganging, hoing, picking, ramming tards who were insanely rude to each other. So, this is the place for me.
 

[Stalwart]

So, why do you fly/play Aces High?

Where else can I find DISCO these days?

[Spikes]

Saw the commercial years back, became a two week noob. Went back a year later and really got to learning the game, been playing off and on ever since.